Artist's Statement

I find comfort and energy looking up through trees to the sky, gazing at water or contemplating a speck of light on a meandering path. The landscape does not ask anything of me. It forgives and renews. I find myself often returning to the same places to observe and draw and paint.

For me drawing is primal. It is the connection between eye, hand and surface. I seek to capture the essence of a place in my work. My artwork becomes a diary of how I feel as I try to capture the energy of lines, evocative shapes and the grace and sometimes awkwardness of nature.